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Since it would be negative comments, it's not allowed. But feel free to keep it in PM with whoever you want to discuss it with. Just not on the board please, there's no reason for it. Once they are gone, they are gone and we move on.

And thank you PTO for providing the "ignore" option! It certainly was a blessing the last few days.

After the support group I just pretty much left (account is active, but I'm ignoring it), I can only hope the "ignore" option on here works better than it did on there. I was able to hide their activity in the actual group, but still got notifications for what they posted, was able to see where things had been blocked, and was still on full display to them so they could continue to harass me while I tried to ignore them. Not my idea of blocking a user. Sad that anything like that would happen in a group full of people in our situation, but it unfortunately does, and for that I am thankful to have ways to remove their drama from my life.

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After the support group I just pretty much left (account is active, but I'm ignoring it), I can only hope the "ignore" option on here works better than it did on there. I was able to hide their activity in the actual group, but still got notifications for what they posted, was able to see where things had been blocked, and was still on full display to them so they could continue to harass me while I tried to ignore them. Not my idea of blocking a user. Sad that anything like that would happen in a group full of people in our situation, but it unfortunately does, and for that I am thankful to have ways to remove their drama from my life.

The ignore function on here simply hides posts of people you donít want to see. They can still see what you post. Itís not a great system however the mods here do not allow harassment and are very good in shutting it down.

__________________A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of a sheep.

ďAbsorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your ownĒ

The ignore function on here simply hides posts of people you donít want to see. They can still see what you post. Itís not a great system however the mods here do not allow harassment and are very good in shutting it down.

It's a decision made by admin when a member repeatedly chooses to violate or circumvent PTO policy. It's not a decision made lightly and only "members" who register with the intent to spam with advertising are banned without exception.

I have no problem ignoring posts/ people that I find annoying or less than useful. I know which posters opinions I value . Of course sometimes I wonder at some of the things that come up but then I remind myself some of the people on here are very young..most have a different life experience than I do and a small number are just " bat s##t crazy" and most are navigating a stressful situation. ! Whatever the case we only have to read the posts we are interested in and these are only opinions of people who have no real power over me so i guess I said all that to come to the conclusion that I dont need no ignore button because I have my own built into my brain!

I'm all for a controversial discussion and reading other peoples' opinions - sometimes that has helped me a lot. We are all humans and come with different (life-)experiences and backgrounds.
I won't accept discussions when it goes under the waistline and if it looses all etiquette. Most of us are in the same boat and can use all the support we can get.
I blend out the stuff that offends/aggravates/doesn't interest me.

__________________Follow your heart but take your brain with you...

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I wanted to add to this thread:
Sometimes when someone is banned, there may be a time that they are allowed to come back to the PTO community. Often this is discussed between staff (privately) and the previously banned member agrees to follow all the posting guidelines.
It really wouldnt be fair to not offer someone a *second chance* and imagine how difficult that would be if they did come back and read a bunch of trash talk, or other negative posts about them?

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